Team Riders :: Dennis Collins
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| How and when did you start skating? | |||||||||||||||
| Um gosh high school - this kid traded me his skateboard for my gameboy. Probably the best trade I ever made! | |||||||||||||||
| Who were you skating with at first? | |||||||||||||||
| These dudes from around my area if any of them still skate - Gary, Louis, Wandile, and Riaan, thanks guys! | |||||||||||||||
| Where did you skate most at first? | |||||||||||||||
| This Caltex garage, the tennis court across the road from my house, and this loading zone at the back of Spar | |||||||||||||||
| Who were some early influences on your skating? | |||||||||||||||
| Wandile man that dude was the reason I had a board. The guy could manual till his bearings stopped | |||||||||||||||
| Do you enjoy skating in contests? | |||||||||||||||
| Sometimes they're good fun like jam type ones, they're rad cause its just like a big session going down | |||||||||||||||
| How could contests be improved? | |||||||||||||||
| Um like maybe if, nah heck I don’t know I'm not that into them haha, but I guess if they gave last place stuff that would be nice? | |||||||||||||||
| What do you think of skate videos? | |||||||||||||||
| Man skate vids are definitely a must have. Like watching vids gets me hyped a lot of the time. Have you seen Zero Strange World? Jamie Tancowny hooks it up but then again any Brian Hansen part is good to watch | |||||||||||||||
| Which are your favorites? | |||||||||||||||
| I'd say Vox Black and Blue and the Krooked Chronicles | |||||||||||||||
| Do you enjoy shooting video parts? | |||||||||||||||
| Well I just started filming for the p03s video (am I allowed to say that word??) and its pretty fun | |||||||||||||||
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| Do you skate small stuff like curbs and parking bumps? | |||||||||||||||
| Yeah man its always fun, like when I started skating I'd always be skating sum lil curb or weird small things just cuz its fun like when ever you skate curbs its just a reminder of how you got into this | |||||||||||||||
| Do you skate vert ramps? | |||||||||||||||
| Vert ramps? Man I've dropped a vert ramp, cant say I've ever had a session on one though I've played S.K.A.T.E with the gateway kid in the middle of the vert ramp if that counts as skating it?? | |||||||||||||||
| Do you ever session backyard pools much? | |||||||||||||||
| Yeah in Durban (that’s where I'm from just thought I'd let you know!) we had a few empty pools, well more than I've heard of or seen here in jozi but then again I've only been here for a few months | |||||||||||||||
| What do you think of public concrete skateparks? | |||||||||||||||
| By public do you mean free??? Cause then im all for it!!! Like parks are fun and a good place to learn | |||||||||||||||
| Should skateparks copy real street spots? | |||||||||||||||
| Um maybe if it’s a plaza but im not too sure. I wouldn’t want skateparks taking the kidz away from the streets I mean that’s where it all began | |||||||||||||||
| How did you get on Slip? | |||||||||||||||
| Hell if I know haha I don't
know to be honest. (Just keep watching this space and you'll see why Dennis is on Slip!!) |
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| What do you like about Slip? | |||||||||||||||
| I like the cheerleaders and the hot girls who shape the boards and Alwyn is a nice guy too, but I mostly like the girls who make everything | |||||||||||||||
| Who do you skate with now? | |||||||||||||||
| Myself im emo like that... Joke! I hang with Werner, Alwyn, Rueben, Craig, Luwi, Mikey, Mooks, Kanya, Siya, Mitch, Terrence, Grant, Prince aka Ted, Gary (both of you), Gavin Hux!! Thanks for everything homie, man there are way too many! Luke, Thabo, Andrew and Malcom, Maddy, all my homies! Man sho why do you wana know are you adding friends to facebook?? | |||||||||||||||
| Who are your favorite skaters of all time? | |||||||||||||||
| BRIAN’SLASH’HANSEN! New to my favorites is Jamie Tancowny, and Garret Hill oh and Gavin Hux! | |||||||||||||||
| What has been your personal skateboarding highlights? | |||||||||||||||
| Dude just having the best times ever on my board and meeting all my friends. Skateboarding is the highlight | |||||||||||||||
| What drives you in skating? | |||||||||||||||
| To have fun man like that’s about all I want from this! I don't know what I'd be doing if I wasn’t skateboarding | |||||||||||||||
| What music, art, books have you been enjoying lately? | |||||||||||||||
| Music – dude I like indie and sum
electro, Hockey, Modest Mouse, The Beatles, The Kooks, q lazarus, Cage
the Elephant, The Arcade Fire, John Lennon and much more Art – I'd say Jezelle Collins is a favorite Books – The anti war quote book (THANKS Tami!) |
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| What are your future goals? | |||||||||||||||
| Become a pro hobo, live on the beach, maybe study film photography and run for president - can I do that?? | |||||||||||||||
| Is there anybody specific you want to give thanks to? | |||||||||||||||
| Thanks to my mum for always
helping me when she could and to all the homies I mentioned above and
many more. I wana say thanks to friends like Christy, Tami, Knuckles,
Mooki, all my friends I skate with Mitch, Mike, Mirry, Gary, Maddy,
Kulu, Kosi, Gavin Hux!, Mark aka Lil Dawg, Yann, Calvin Davies, Kotze,
Jean, shit man everybody I forgot I tried hard to think of your name I
swear! PEACE !!!!!! Man I'm so amped for ice cream! |
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